"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." "To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." James Madison - Founding Father & U.S. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression." And the fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. A departure from principle becomes a precedent for a second that second for a third and so on, till the bulk of society is reduced to mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. "This is the tendency of all human governments. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ." "The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. ![]() "The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public monies." ".it is essential that you should practically bear in mind that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue that to have revenue there must be taxes that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant." Thomas Jefferson - Founding Father & U.S. Happy Presidents Day - Great Quotes on Taxes from Presidents and Founding Fathers! George Washington - Founding Father & U.S.
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